Human Services News

social work, social, worker, service, services, mental health, psychology, counseling, non profit, nonprofit, clinical, not-for-profit, opening, fair, link, links, organization, association, journal, school, msw, bsw, medical, welfare, child welfare, sociology, therapy, case management, case manager, casework, certification, recruitment, opportunity, site, bank, online, interview, salary, listing, director, direct care, social service, therapist, case worker, house parent, foster care, nurse, homeless, teacher, agency, agencies, occupational, risk, youth, program, substance abuse, human services, career, human service jobs, human service, corrections, counselor, rehabilitation, elderly, disabled, gerontology, aging, psychiatry, intern, internship, products, services, conferences, behavioral health, group home, needs, medical, outreach, grant writer, special, population, disorders, development, socail, socal

>Interest Areas
   Nonprofit News
   Children & Youth
   Civic Engagement
   Community Development
   Economic Security
   Education
   Health
   Homelessness
   Nutrition & Healthy Living
   Substance Abuse
   Nonprofit Management
>Featured Nonprofit Jobs
 
  Substance Abuse Jobs
  Social Services Jobs
  Nonprofit Environmental Jobs
  Social Work Jobs
  Fundraising & Development Jobs


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Feature Story 
May 16, 2008
The North Dakota Experience: Achieving High-Performance Health Care Through Rural Innovation and Cooperation

From The Commonwealth Fund:

North Dakota faces health care challenges common to many rural areas of the U.S., but the state's health care system appears to be performing better than that in many other states--rural or urban.

Resource constraints and the desire to preserve the local economy have made necessity the mother of invention in North Dakota, driving health care providers and policymakers to try new approaches to care and to institute better practices relatively quickly.

Collaboration to support primary care and the concept of a medical home, organization of care through cooperative networks of providers, and innovative use of technology to meet patient needs and hold down costs are examples of how North Dakota is able to provide its citizens with accessible, quality, and efficient health care despite the challenges of a rural setting.

Rural communities have a unique context of community trust and interdependence, a social capital that allows them to innovate in meeting patients' needs.

North Dakota faces challenges common to other rural areas of the country that are relatively disadvantaged in attracting health care professionals and in deploying resources to serve small, geographically dispersed communities.

Despite these challenges, the state's health care system appears to be performing better than many others in providing its citizens with accessible, relatively high-quality, and efficient health care services, as evidenced by the findings of two recent reports.

North Dakota ranks in the top quartile of states on The Commonwealth Fund's State Scorecard on Health System Performance, which ranks states according to their performance across 32 key indicators of access, quality, utilization, equity, and health outcomes (Exhibit 1 and Appendix A).

The latest Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care finds that North Dakota is one of the most efficient states in treating chronically ill Medicare patients in the last two years of life, with costs more than 25 percent below the national average.

Read more from this post.

Posted on May 16, 2008 10:57 PM


Untitled Document News from Leading Foundations
Foundation News Government News Children News
Youth News Community Building News Education News
Civic Engagement News Health News Arts News
Environmental News

Email this Article
Bookmark & Share this Page
AddThis Social Bookmark Button
News from the Largest Foundations
Mizuko Ito on Why Time Spent Online Is Important
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 12:00am
More Foundation News...
Related Foundation Grants
California State Rural Health Association
$20,000 from the California Endowment
Center for Rural Strategies, Inc.
$1,750,000 from the Kellogg Foundation
Project Hope The People to People Health Foundation, Inc.
$127,000 from the California Endowment
Aspen Institute
$250,000 from the Mott Foundation
Polish Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation "PAUCI"
$300,000 from the Mott Foundation
More on HandsNet
Arizona's Statewide HIE Utility

Florida's "Network of Networks"

Case Study: Implementing Developmental Screening at Oxford Pediatrics

Case Study: Beth Israel Medical Center


Articles From Our Sponsors
Creative Fund Raising Ideas

Leveraging Promotional Tools on eBay to Improve Your Nonprofit Auctions

Nonprofit Auction Tips - eBay Courses – Are They Worth It?

Fundraising Cosmetic Products That Will Definitely Catch Everyone’s Attention

 
Since launching the first online network for activists in 1987, HandsNet has aggregated current human services and community development information important to low-income communities and communities of color. We seek to foster comprehensive thinking on approaches to improving the lives of people living in these communities.
    Government Funding  |   Foundation Grants    
Grants Available
beta!

Internet Marketing tips for your Organization

Get Dynamic Content for Your Website

Post Human Services Headlines - Updated Daily

Get the latest Human Services info
delivered to your email weekly!
Subscribe to the Human Services Digest.

HomeAbout HandsNet Training and CapacityAlertsContact UsAnnouncements

Visit these sites in the Information Organizers Network
Home Business Ideas | Name Popularity Graph | List of Babies Names | Environment Grants | Civic Engagement Foundations | Business Smartest Ideas | Government Funding | Federal Grants for Woman Owned Businesses | Entrepreneur and Home Business | Community Building Grants | Ideas for Starting Your Own Business | Financial Prosperity | Repair My Credit Now | Educational Funding | Health Grants | Home Business Success Stories | Cars for Non Profits | Starting an Online Small Business | Small Business Management Articles | Children Grants | Arts Philanthropy Sites
Edited by:Michael Saunders

©2008 Information Organizers, LLC